oh, i'm just getting started

my horoscope tells me to prepare for an exceptionally irritating day (but not to worry, because we pisces, naturally, are all about the zen and can cope. the horoscope's redux, not mine. i personally expect to completely lose it at some time today).

well, it's right so far. let's recap today, all thirty-six minutes of it:

1. i arrive at work, only to find that the lock to our door is broken, and we're stuck outside until maintenance can come and essentially beat down the door.

2. i sit down, turn on my computer, only to discover that IT has been making mischief again, and so now i have an updated version of lotus notes and no access clearance to use my email. whoops.

3. i check my credit card statement online, wanting to know if the last payment i made has registered...and am greeted by a little red note that says: "this account has been experiencing suspicious activity. please call customer service." so, i call customer service, thinking that this is a result of the fact that i've used the card three times in the last two weeks, whereupon i hadn't used it for about eight months prior. so, i call. find out that this thing i purchased, that i spent friday tracking down through three states, was double charged. so, i have to call the place i got it from, and speak to the most useless person in the world, who somehow didn't understand me when i said "i bought this thing. you charged me twice. what's up with that?" "wait, is this an exchange?" ridiculous. and now, i have to wait until two o'clock before someone useful gets in and i can sort this out.

thirty six minutes, people. well, thirty eight by now. only 442 to go.

oh, how i can't wait to see what happens next.